2- Miscellaneous Flashcards
Masculine or Feminine?
Nouns ending in -ore
Masculine (generally)
Masculine or Feminine?
Nouns ending in -rice
Feminine (generally)
Masculine or Feminine?
Nouns ending in -ione
Feminine (generally)
Masculine or Feminine?
Nouns ending in -o
Masculine (generally)
Masculine or Feminine?
Nouns ending in -a
Feminine (generally)
Masculine or Feminine?
Nouns ending in -e
Ambiguous
Indefinite Article
l’articolo indeterminativo
Corresponds to English “a” “an” or “one”
Used with singular nouns
Indefinite Article Nouns
beginning with a constonant
Maschile: un
Femminile: una
Indefinite Article Nouns
beginning with a vowel
Maschile: un
Femminile: un’
Indefinite Article Nouns
beginning with s + constonant
Maschile: uno
Femminile: una
Indefinite Article Nouns
beginning with z
Maschille: uno
Femminile: una
To have (irregular verb)
Avere
Avere (irregular)
I have (singular)
io ho
Avere (irregular)
you have (informal) (singular)
tu hai
Avere (irregular)
you have (formal) (singular)
Lei ha
Avere (irregular)
he/she has (singular)
lui/lei ha
Avere (irregular)
we have (plural)
noi abbiamo
Avere (irregular)
you (all) have (informal) (plural)
voi avete
Avere (irregular)
you (all) have (formal) (plural)
Loro hanno
Avere (irregular)
they have (plural)
loro hanno
What prepositions collapse when followed by definite article?
a (at, to)
di (of)
ex) Dov’é il teatro?
ex) É vicino allo stadio…destra della mensa…
Preposition a + il
al
Preposition a + lo
allo
Preposition a + la
alla
Preposition a + l’
all’
Preposition di + il
del
Preposition di + lo
dello
Preposition di + la
della
Preposition di + l’
dell’
Pluralization of Nouns ending in -o
-i